Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Australia, New Zealand)A legally undeclared spouse; a partner in a spousal relationship which is not officially declared as a marriage, comparable to a common law husband or wife.

Examples

9 sentences

  1. Google is de facto an essential tool of the Internet.

    DJ_Saidez · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Taiwan could soon cease to exist as a de facto independent state.

    Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. Google has become the de facto gatekeeper of the web, an arbiter of what is useful and what should get visibility.

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  4. In all her pompous majesty, carried on the shoulders of the entire football team, stood the de facto queen of the school.

    papabear · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. In absence of any stipulation regarding the capital city of Japan, strictly speaking, Tokyo is nothing more than a de facto capital.

    pip · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from Latin dē factō (literally “according to fact”), from dē (“accordi

Unadapted borrowing from Latin dē factō (literally “according to fact”), from dē (“according to”) + ablative of factum (“fact, deed, act”).

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Forms

plural: de factos
Singularde facto
Pluralde factos

regular

See also

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